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2023/2676(DEA) Detailed production rules for organic sea salt and other organic salts for food and feed

Progress: Procedure completed - delegated act rejected

RoleCommitteeRapporteurShadows
Lead AGRI LINS Norbert (icon: EPP EPP)
Lead committee dossier:
Legal Basis:
RoP 111-p03

Events

2024/01/17
   EC - Commission response to text adopted in plenary
Documents
2023/07/11
   EP - Results of vote in Parliament
2023/07/11
   EP - Decision by Parliament
Details

The European Parliament adopted by 468 votes to 151, with 17 abstentions, a resolution objecting to the Commission delegated regulation of 2 May 2023 amending Regulation (EU) 2018/848 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards detailed production rules for organic sea salt and other organic salts for food and feed.

To support this objection, Members recalled that Regulation (EU) 2018/848 lays down detailed requirements concerning the production of processed food and feed. Salt used for food and feed and drinking water are excluded from those requirements. In addition, the explanatory memorandum of the Commission delegated regulation recognises that salt is not an agricultural product.

Members consider that for the production of organic labelled rock salt the restrictions in the field of modern mining technologies are stricter than their environmental impact merits, which would make the production of organic table salt from rock salt unattractive and lead to a very limited availability of organic rock salt on the market.

According to Members, the requirements envisaged for the production of organic sea salt could lead, particularly due to the prevalence of micro-plastic in sea waters, to a very limited availability of organic sea salt on the market.

Moreover, the Commission delegated regulation requires contamination-free production concerning products or substances not authorised for use in organic production for all kinds of salt production, which is not required for organic products from farming and which therefore goes clearly beyond, and is not in line with, Regulation (EU) No 2018/848.

Documents
2023/07/03
   EP - Motion for a resolution objecting delegated act
Documents
2023/06/28
   EP - LINS Norbert (EPP) appointed as rapporteur in AGRI
2023/05/25
   EP/CSL - Initial period for examining delegated act extended at Parliament's request by 2 month(s)
2023/05/10
   EP - Committee referral announced in Parliament
2023/05/02
   EC - Non-legislative basic document
Documents
2023/05/02
   EC - Non-legislative basic document published
Documents
2023/05/02
   EP/CSL - Initial period for examining delegated act 2 month(s)

Documents

Votes

Objection formulée conformément à l’article 111, paragraphe 3, du règlement intérieur: Règles de production détaillées applicables au sel marin biologique et aux autres sels biologiques destinés à l’alimentation humaine et animale - B9-0308/2023 - Proposition de résolution #

2023/07/11 Outcome: +: 468, -: 151, 0: 17
DE IT PL RO SE AT CZ DK HU BE IE NL FI BG LT LV EE HR SK SI LU MT EL CY PT FR ES
Total
93
67
48
27
21
19
21
14
16
21
13
25
14
14
9
7
6
10
12
8
5
5
16
6
21
73
45
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Denmark PPE

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1

Hungary PPE

1

Latvia PPE

2

Estonia PPE

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1

Slovakia PPE

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Abstain (1)

4

Slovenia PPE

Abstain (1)

4

Luxembourg PPE

2

Malta PPE

For (1)

1

Cyprus PPE

2
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68

Italy Verts/ALE

3

Poland Verts/ALE

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1

Romania Verts/ALE

1

Sweden Verts/ALE

3

Austria Verts/ALE

3

Czechia Verts/ALE

3

Denmark Verts/ALE

2

Belgium Verts/ALE

3

Ireland Verts/ALE

2

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3

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1

Luxembourg Verts/ALE

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1

Portugal Verts/ALE

1

Spain Verts/ALE

3
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59

Germany ECR

1

Romania ECR

1

Bulgaria ECR

1

Lithuania ECR

1

Latvia ECR

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1

Croatia ECR

1

Slovakia ECR

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1

Greece ECR

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1
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93

Italy Renew

Abstain (1)

3
3

Austria Renew

For (1)

1

Hungary Renew

2

Belgium Renew

Against (1)

4

Ireland Renew

2

Finland Renew

3

Lithuania Renew

Against (1)

1

Latvia Renew

For (1)

1

Estonia Renew

3

Croatia Renew

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1

Slovenia Renew

2

Luxembourg Renew

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1

Greece Renew

1
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36

Sweden The Left

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1

Czechia The Left

1

Denmark The Left

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Belgium The Left

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1

Finland The Left

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1

Cyprus The Left

2

Portugal The Left

4
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59
3

Czechia ID

2

Denmark ID

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1

Estonia ID

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1
icon: NI NI
35

Belgium NI

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1

Netherlands NI

Abstain (1)

1

Lithuania NI

1

Latvia NI

1

Croatia NI

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2

Slovakia NI

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1

France NI

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2

Spain NI

1
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123

Czechia S&D

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Hungary S&D

2

Belgium S&D

2

Netherlands S&D

5

Finland S&D

2
3

Lithuania S&D

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1

Latvia S&D

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2

Estonia S&D

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1
3

Slovenia S&D

2

Luxembourg S&D

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1

Malta S&D

For (1)

Abstain (1)

4

Greece S&D

Abstain (1)

1

Cyprus S&D

2

History

(these mark the time of scraping, not the official date of the change)

docs/2
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2024-01-17T00:00:00
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Commission response to text adopted in plenary
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  • The European Parliament adopted by 468 votes to 151, with 17 abstentions, a resolution objecting to the Commission delegated regulation of 2 May 2023 amending Regulation (EU) 2018/848 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards detailed production rules for organic sea salt and other organic salts for food and feed.
  • To support this objection, Members recalled that Regulation (EU) 2018/848 lays down detailed requirements concerning the production of processed food and feed. Salt used for food and feed and drinking water are excluded from those requirements. In addition, the explanatory memorandum of the Commission delegated regulation recognises that salt is not an agricultural product.
  • Members consider that for the production of organic labelled rock salt the restrictions in the field of modern mining technologies are stricter than their environmental impact merits, which would make the production of organic table salt from rock salt unattractive and lead to a very limited availability of organic rock salt on the market.
  • According to Members, the requirements envisaged for the production of organic sea salt could lead, particularly due to the prevalence of micro-plastic in sea waters, to a very limited availability of organic sea salt on the market.
  • Moreover, the Commission delegated regulation requires contamination-free production concerning products or substances not authorised for use in organic production for all kinds of salt production, which is not required for organic products from farming and which therefore goes clearly beyond, and is not in line with, Regulation (EU) No 2018/848.
docs/2
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2023-07-11T00:00:00
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